Overview
Based on Rosario Castellanos' novel, Balún Canán is about the turmoil created by the Cardenas’ land reforms. Events occur in Chiapas on the border with Guatemala, mainly in a town called Comitán. Zoraida struggles and fights to keep her properties, inheritance for her only son. For her actions, the sorcerers of Chacjatal cast a death spell over her son.
Cast
- Saby Kamalich as Zoraida
- Tito Junco as Jaime Rovelo
- Pilar Pellicer as Matilde
- Fernando Balzaretti as Ernesto
- Cecilia Camacho as La niña
- Aztlán Camacho as Mario
- Anita Blanch as La maestra
- Rosaura Revueltas as La nana
- José Chávez as Indio Felipe